Hame-tug



(No Model.)

F. LATHER.

HAMB TUGE.

No. 427,092. l Patented May 6, 1890.

UNITED STATES Arnivr OFFICE.

FRED LATHER, OF RIDGEVILLE OORNERS, OHIO.

HAME-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,092, dated May 6, 1890.

Application tiled December 20, 1889. Serial No. 334,408. (No model.) i

T0 @ZZ whom if; may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED LATHER, Aa citizen of the United States, residing at Ridgeville Corners, in the 4county of IfIenry and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Hame-Tug, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to Vimprovements in hame-tugs.

The object of the present invention is to provide aflexible hame-tug of simple and inexpensive construction, in which the sections may be readily separated and be quicklyreplaced when they have been worn or injured by long use.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of a hame-tug constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a long-itudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the loop that connects the sections and renders them adjustable. Fig. e is a similar view of the eye by means of which the tug is attached to a hame.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a section of a flexible llame-tug composed of layers of leather doubled upon themselves to provide an eye at its rear end to receive aremovable pin 2 of a loop 3, that connects the section 1 to a section 4t and renders the sections adjustable, and enables them to successfully withstand strain at the point where a haine-tug is Amost liable to break.

The section 1 of the haine-tug is designed to be connected to a hame by a loop 5, whose ends terminate in parallel plates 6, that are perforated and riveted to the section 1, one of theplates lying upon the outer face of the section and the other being inserted between the layers of leather forming the section. The removable bolt of the loop 3 is provided with a sleeve 7, that acts as an anti-friction roller and prevents the eye of the section 1, through which the bolt passes, becoming worn and broken, and the said bolt has its end threaded and is passed through perforations 8 in the end of the arms of the loop 3, one of the perforations S being threaded to engage the threaded end of the bolt. The section 4 is composed of layers of straps, which are doubled and form eyes 9 and 10, located, respectively, at the front and rear of the section, the latter to receive a buckle 11 to afford means for securing the trace and the former to receive the cross-bar 12 of the loop 3, which cross-bar may, if desired, be provided with a sleeve or anti-friction roller similarto the removable bolt.

It will thus be seen that the haine-tug is flexible and simple and inexpensive in its construction, and is capable of successfully withstanding the strain at a point where haine-tugs of the ordinary construction are most liable to break.

. Having thus described my invention,whatl claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A haine-tug comprising the sections l and et, provided with eyes at their adjacent ends, and the loop secured in the eye of one of the sections and provided with aremovable bolt engaging the eye of the other section and having a sleeve, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A haine-tug comprising the section 1, provided at its rear end with an eye, the loop 5, provided with parallel plates and secured in the front of said section, the section 41, having an eye at its front end, andthe loop 3, having its cross-bar `12, arranged in the eye of the section 4 and being provided with a reA movable bolt engaging the eye of the section 1, and provided with eye in the section 1, substantially as and for the purpose described. y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence. of two witnesses.

h FRED LATHER.

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Witnessesz J oHN SGOFIELD, H. S. CHAPMAN.

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